American Time Use Survey   
The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, commuting, and socializing. Estimates show the kinds of activities people do and the time spent doing them by sex, age, educational attainment, labor force status, and other characteristics, as well as by weekday and weekend day.

Consumer Expenditure Survey   
Learn more about how much the average American spends on various types of products or services with the Consumer Expenditure Survey. Find spending by age, geographic region, income, race, occupation, and more.

International Market Research Library   
The U.S. Government is the largest producer of research in the world. The U.S. Commercial Service Market Research Library features thousands of free reports in a number of categories. The Library mainly focuses on market research reports in relation to exporting your products and/or services to other countries.

Market Research.com   
Collection of 50,000+ publications from over 350 leading research firms.
Purchase only the information you need with the Buy by the Slice option. Instant Online Delivery available for most publications.
Document purchase required.

Marketing Charts   
This site pulls market research charts and graphs from various reports and press releases, and organizes them by industry, demographic segment, and geography. While the scope of the site is largely focused on the marketing, advertising, and publishing industries, numerous other industries are covered. Tip: Find the site table of contents in the right-hand column, under the heading marked “Topics.”

Online Member Directory - AIIP   
The Association of Independent Information Professionals brings free-lance researchers together in this searchable online directory. Hire one of these Info Pros to conduct specialized research in support of your business development -- be it vertical industry research, telephone interviews, or sales prep work.

Price's List of Lists   
Links to published lists and rankings of all kinds, including company rankings. Most, if not all, industries are covered. Some links do require a log-in with the publisher, but many are freely available.

Quirk’s Marketing Research Review Archive   
Quirk’s Marketing Research Review has been publishing articles featuring excellent market research on varying topics since 1986. Access this full-text research online at no charge. Most current articles, however, are not available online without a subscription.

Special Issues Index   
Find the most useful and insightful articles and features from "special issues" of business magazines and industry trade journals. Typical features include: industry overviews and forecasts; top company rankings; salary surveys; buyers' guides; consumer surveys and profiles. Try browsing through the journal and subject lists, or search by single keywords or phrases only ("restaurant," "alternative energy," etc.) Articles may be free on the web or available via document delivery from the Hill Library's print collection.

Surveys of Consumers   
From U of Mich's Survey Research Center. Surveys cover consumer attitudes towards the economy, their personal finances, buying habits for selected big-ticket items, and more. Free registration required for access.

Alacra Wiki Industry Spotlights   
Features detailed proprietary reviews and commentary on the best web-based sources of industry specific content

American Society of Association Executives Gateway to Associations   
Associations often track and report on key statistics and trends for their industries. Search for trade associations, industry associations and professional associations with a presence on the InternetTIP: Scroll down to find the association search box, conduct your search, and then investigate the relevant associations' Web sites.

Best of the Business Web - Industry Websites   
Visit our Best of the Business Web directory to find the best industry information sites for various industries.

Census - Service Quarterly and Annual Surveys   
These U.S. Census reports provide nation-wide statistics on various service industries and include an annual report along with quarterly updates in some cases.

County Business Patterns   
Every five years, the Census Bureau conducts an economic census of businesses across the U.S. Use this data to access statistics on particular industries by state, zip code, or metro area. First, select a geography: either county, zip, or metro area. Then, narrow your search to a particular industry by clicking the “Details” button next to the initial numbers of your NAICS code.

Economic Census Industry Reports   
The Census Bureau conducts an economic census every five years and publishes reports organized by NAICS code. Every NAICS code is covered, and hundreds of industries are studied. From this site you’ll find a table of industry reports to get you access to nation-wide industry statistics. Click the “More” button next to the initial numbers in your NAICS code for detailed reports.

Google Scholar   
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature and academic research. Conduct broad searches across your industry, searching by industry heading (like “restaurant”), or focus your search by adding additional search terms, like “trends” or “statistics.”

Manufacturing - Current Industrial Reports   
These U.S. Census reports provide nation-wide statistics on various manufactured products. In most cases, current year quarterly data is available. These reports are organized by NAICS code, and cover codes 311 to 366.

NAICS Codes   
NAICS codes are numbers that identify a particular type of business. Many business research publications are organized by these NAICS codes. Use this site to search or browse for a code, or compare NAICS codes to SIC codes.

Price's List of Lists   
Links to published lists and rankings of all kinds, including company rankings. Most, if not all, industries are covered. Some links do require a log-in with the publisher, but many are freely available.

Retail Annual Retail Trade Survey   
These U.S. Census reports provide nation-wide statistics on various retail industries, providing up-to-date sales, inventory, and gross margin figures, among others. Also included are reports on e-commerce sales by sector.

SIC Codes   
SIC codes are numbers that identify a particular type of business. Although these codes haven’t been updated since 1987, many business research publications are still organized by SIC. Use this site to search or browse the Standard Industrial Classification code manual.

Special Issues Index   
Find the most useful and insightful articles and features from "special issues" of business magazines and industry trade journals. Typical features include: industry overviews and forecasts; top company rankings; salary surveys; buyers' guides; consumer surveys and profiles. Try browsing through the journal and subject lists, or search by single keywords or phrases only ("restaurant," "alternative energy," etc.) Articles may be free on the web or available via document delivery from the Hill Library's print collection.

Statistics of US Business   
Find data on the # of businesses--by state, MSA, county, etc--by # of employees and by sales. Also, business "births" and "deaths," expansions & contractions, more.

Valuation Resources Online-Industry Reports   
Use this resource to identify industry resources and data available from trade associations, publications, and research firms. Coverage includes industry overviews, trends, industry outlooks, financial ratios and benchmarking, compensation surveys, and more. Some links include free information, and some are fee-based. Site contains numerous advertisements.

Yahoo! Industry News Center   
This site offers a wide range of industry information such as recent news, statistics, and profiles of industry leaders for about 100 different industries. Though part of Yahoo!, the actual data provided in its Industry Center comes from well-known business information providers like Hoover's and Multex.

American Factfinder   
View, print, and download statistics about population, housing, industry, and business. Using FactFinder, you can also find U.S. Census Bureau products, including the in-depth demographic-rich American Community Survey; create reference and thematic maps; and search for specific data.

CenStats   
This gateway provides access to a wide range of Census data collection program areas including building permits, employment and earning data, occupation data, international trade statistics, and more. You can also access demographic and economic data for states and counties via the site's USA Counties section.

Census 2000   
Results from the latest decentennial census, such as population totals, rankings, comparisons, summaries and reports, as well as redistricting and apportionment data.

Census Housing Topics   
Statistics regarding housing, home ownership, financing, and more from these surveys: American Housing Survey; Decennial Housing Census; Housing Vacancy; Residential Finance; Survey of Market Absorption.

Census Scope   
Charts of population growth, population by race, and age distribution. Initial charts are national, but you can access state or metro area charts as well. The maps tab allows you to get state-focused charts. Again, you can zoom in to metro areas or zoom out to country view. The rankings tab allows you to select a variable (e.g., population growth) and get a ranking either of states or counties.

Census Statistical Abstract   
As the National Data Book it contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included. The Abstract is also your Guide to Sources of other data from the Census Bureau, other Federal agencies, and private organizations.

DataPlace   
Data Place is one of the most comprehensive sites for finding statistics on cities, counties, and states on the web. Pulling together data from the Census Bureau, the IRS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other governmental departments and councils, this site conglomerates a complicated search into one simple interface.

ePodunk   
ePodunk provides in-depth information about more than 25,000 communities around the country. Listings also include geocoded information about thousands of parks, museums, historic sites, colleges, schools and other places across America.

HUD State of the Cities Data Systems   
Data for individual Metropolitan Areas, Central Cities, and Suburbs. Includes detailed demographic and economic characteristics of the population, latest available unemployment rates, information on Jobs, Business Establishments, and Average Pay, violent and property crime rates, local building permits.

Population Reference Bureau   
The PRB analyzes population data and research to create reports, studies, and papers on demographic trends, hot topics, and international regions. Use this great resource to investigate trends at home or abroad.

You Are Where You Live   
Enter a 5-digit ZIP Code to find the top lifestyle groups for that neighborhood. Clusters describe segments of the population by predominant demographic and lifestyle features. TIP: From the main page, click the Zip Code Look-Up tab at the top of page.

Business Registrations & Filings Databases - LLRX   
All businesses are legally required to file various forms, applications, and statements with their respective Secretary of State’s office. Use this site to locate the business registration authority for each state of the US, then contact them to track down company information.

Forbes’ Largest Private Companies   
Private companies often play their cards close to their vests. Forbes’ annual list of largest private companies is an excellent tool for finding annual sales, employee counts, executive officer information, and contact addresses for these large private organizations.

Hoover's   
Free company capsules provide basic company information, including brief financials and competitors. Site also contains industry; IPO info, and other content. Some data only available to subscribers.

InfoUSA   
Use InfoUSA to build business sales leads and mailing lists, residential sales leads and mailing lists, bankruptcy and tax lien lists, gather lifestyle data, and more. InfoUSA is a fee-based service.

Manta - Search for Companies by Industry   
Manta offers free access to basic information on more than 45 million public and private companies worldwide, and detailed information (with free registration) on more than 13 million firms. Use the category listings to search for companies by industry at the bottom of the home page.

Manta - Search for Companies by Name Worldwide   
Manta offers free access to basic information on more than 45 million public and private companies worldwide, and detailed information (with free registration) on more than 13 million firms. Use this engine to search by company name and location.

Reuters Investor   
Use this site to find information on publicly-traded companies, including some free analyst reports, insider trading, ratio analysis, institutional ownership, officer biographies, and more. Formerly Multex Investor.
Free registration required for most features.

Spoke   
Spoke helps you find employees at millions of companies worldwide. Become a Spoke member (it's free) and when you login, use the Find People/Companies search. Enter a company name, and Spoke will list employees and executives it has found mentioned on the Web.

Thomas Register of Manufacturers   
One of the most popular manufacturers directories for the US. Search by company name for contact info, product lines & brands. Or, search by product/service to gather list of companies that make or supply that product.
Requires free registration.

Yahoo Finance Public Company Search   
Yahoo Finance allows you to easily search for public company information by company name or ticker symbol. Quickly access a company's financial information, profile, key competitors, executives, industry news, and more.

HP Learning Center   
These free, online, instructor-led classes offer insight into select software and technology issues, teach advanced business skills, and introduce IT and marketing topics. Free registration is required.

Score Business Quizzes   
Use these very brief quizzes to gain perspective on your business. Find out if your bank is an asset to your business, if your organization is legally protected, or if your business is employee-friendly. If not, find out how to improve.

Small Business Online Workshops – CapitalOne   
These interactive online workshops cover topics on starting a business, managing finances, and marketing. Take some time, any time, to learn or refresh on such topics as analyzing financial ratios, creating competitive advantage, or building your brand, and more.

Small Business Trends Radio   
Every week, host Anita Campbell features guest experts on various small business topics. Listen live, or access dozens of archived radio shows for free.

Small Business Video Seminars and Podcasts   
These videos and podcasts, from the New York Public Library’s Small Business Resource Center, provide the benefit of attending a seminar or presentation from the comfort of your home or office. Some seminars are specific to New York state, but most are broadly applicable.